Sometime we wish something in life; let’s call it that moment A. For some reasons we cannot get it but something better is waiting for us in the very next moment; Let’s call that moment B (The distance between A and B could be anything more than 0). Most of people (including me) are blind to see B and waste our time in crying for A. Then we miss point B as well and this cycle goes on. When I look at back about the opportunities I missed, I see the reason for most of them is to overlooking next opportunity.

This is a note to myself to don’t forget losing something does not necessarily mean you don’t deserve it or you have not tried hard to get it but maybe you deserve more and something is coming up. All we need to do is to open our eyes and enable our radars to catch the next one.

See the following video. I loved it when I saw it. It reminded me always be alert since something new and better is underway. Be prepared and know what exactly you want and what price are you ready to pay for it!

Mankind uses different means to communicate and convey his message and one of the most important means of communication used by mankind is language. Language not only provides you a way to response to others but also empowers you to affect people emotionally. I was not able to feel this before I come to Dubai and interact with different kind of people. By knowing a new language somehow you make sure that you understand the culture and emotions of your correspondent. Different people in the different geographical locations in the world have completely distinct set of customs. The jokes people in Pakistan laugh at; don’t necessarily make Iranians to laugh. The point here I am trying to say is that understanding and knowing your correspondent is as much important as knowing his/her language.

Why am I saying all this is to tell you how I was thinking today morning while I was listening to Radio. I, myself always use language to communicate not to show my personality or attitude but I don’t understand why people (especially in India-Pakistan) believe that if they talk in English they are more sophisticated and knowledgeable. I never have any objection with talking in English (or any other language) but for that either you must be in a country whose language is English or you are talking to a Briton. Why do we talk with our countrymen in a language that they are unable to understand properly or we can not talk well?

Few months back I was listening to 101.6 and somebody called Kritika (she thinks she is an icon èI perceived this from how she talks and gives advices to the people; but I think she is a looser) and asked her about why all the time she talks in English (With a crap accent è This is my comment on her accent) while she is an Indian and all her listeners are Indian/Pakistani people. Then she replied (with arrogance): Because I am more comfortable with English! I could easily believe this if she could talk in British or US accent, but all I received from her reply is that she thinks talking in English is a value and here my problem starts. Value of a person is not measured by How he/she talks but what he/she talks about!

Mankind uses different means to communicate and convey his message and one of the most important means of communication used by mankind is language. Language not only provides you a way to response to others but also empowers you to affect people emotionally. I was not able to feel this before I come to Dubai and interact with people from different nationalities at the same time. By knowing a new language somehow you make sure that you understand the culture and emotions of your correspondent. Different people in the different geographical locations in the world have completely distinct set of customs, behaviors . The jokes that people in Pakistan laugh at don’t necessarily make Iranians to laugh. The point here I am trying to say is that understanding and knowing your correspondent is as much important as knowing his/her language.

Why am I saying all this is to tell you how I was thinking today morning while I was listening to Radio. I, myself always use language to communicate not to show my personality or attitude but I don’t understand why people (especially in India-Pakistan) believe that if they talk in English they are more sophisticated and knowledgeable. I never have objection with talking in English (or any other language) but for that either you must be in a country whose language is English or you are talking to a Briton. Why do we talk with our countrymen in a language that they are unable to understand properly or we can not talk well?

Few months back I was listening to 101.6 and somebody called Kritika (she thinks she is an icon ==>I perceived this from how she talks and gives advices to the people; but I think she is a looser) and asked her about why all the time she talks in English (With a crap accent ==> This is my comment on her accent) while she is an Indian and all her listeners are Indian/Pakistani people. Then she replied (with arrogance): Because I am more comfortable with English! I could easily believe this if she could talk in British or US accent, but all I received from her reply is that she thinks talking in English is a value and here my problem starts. Value of a person is not measured by How he/she talks but what he/she talks about!

It was a long time that I had not watched any new movie and I was planning to go to cinema but for different reasons I was unable. Few days back by chance I had a chance to watch last half an hour of ‘Love Aaj Kal’. I think people have gone to cinema with high expectations but I am sure they have returned with nothing (and almost frustrated). Personally except the last song in the movie there was nothing to watch. The story is now out-dated. We watched ‘Hum Tum’ and ‘Salam Namaste’ about same characters struggling with love and their own. Even if the story is fresh, I think we have bigger problems to reflect by movies rather than rich, spoiled people who get girls in minutes and lose them within seconds. How many of you have seen characters like the one in movie who have like 100 affairs and at the end goes and ruins other people’s life? I have not seen any! but I see many people around myself who are looking around to find someone or get a chance to marry but they are not able. If you ask me to give number to cases I will tell you the ration is about 90%-10%. I mean 90% people are trying hard to find someone to love be settled and remaining 10% could be like our hero who changes girls within days. This is where I come in conflict with story. Other than story the events in the movie are extremely boring and makes no interest for viewer to continue watching. I mean from the start everybody kn knew what is going to happen at the end (well it is quite obvious for most of the movies; lovers will marry together; hero will kill villains and etc) and the only remaining thing is the series of events in the movie that attracts people. Love Aaj Kal was lacking both. I wish I had DVD player to fast forward the scenes and reach to last 5 minutes.

I am not a movie critic and cannot comment on technical aspects of the movie but this was what was my conclusion of the movie. I don’t understand what film makers think of us as audience? Are we so stupid and senseless to be attracted to cinema halls by watching promos and advertisements? If I am a film maker I prefer to make a movie after every 4 years but it would be the one that I believe is the real problem of my society and present it with an interesting plot to provide a happy hour for unhappy audience.

The Heart of a Teacher

An excerpt from

by Paula Fox

The child arrives like a mystery box…
with puzzle pieces inside
some of the pieces are broken or missing…
and others just seem to hide

But the HEART of a teacher can sort them out…
and help the child to see
the potential for greatness he has within…
a picture of what he can be

Her goal isn’t just to teach knowledge…
by filling the box with more parts
it’s putting the pieces together…
and creating a work of art

The process is painfully slow at times…
some need more help than others
each child is a work in progress…
with assorted shapes and colors

First she creates a classroom…
where the child can feel safe in school
where he never feels threatened or afraid to try…
and kindness is always the rule

She knows that a child
can achieve much more
when he feels secure inside
when he’s valued and loved…
and believes in himself
…and he has a sense of pride

She models and teaches good character…
and respect for one another
how to focus on strengths…not weaknesses
and how to encourage each other

She gives the child the freedom he needs…
to make choices on his own
so he learns to become more responsible…
and is able to stand alone

He’s taught to be strong and think for himself…
as his soul and spirit heal
and the puzzle that’s taking shape inside…
has a much more positive feel

The child discovers the joy that comes…
from learning something new…
and his vision grows as he begins
to see all the things that he can do

A picture is formed as more pieces fit…
an image of the child within
with greater strength and confidence…
and a belief that he can win!

All because a hero was there…
in the HEART of a teacher who cared
enabling the child to become much more…
than he ever imagined…or dared

A teacher with a HEART for her children…
knows what teaching is all about
she may not have all the answers…
but on this…she has no doubt

When asked which subjects she loved to teach,
she answered this way and smiled…
“It’s not the subjects that matter…
It’s all about teaching the CHILD.”

ترجیح می دهم با کفشهایم در خیابان راه بروم و به خدا فکر کنم تا این که در مسجد بنشینم و به کفشهایم فکر کنم

Hi again.

After nearly 5 months I got courage to publish posts again. During these months I tried to update weblog few times but by now all posts are saved in my personal folder and outdated as well. Today I just visited WordPress again after a long time to approve a comment on my “Eurovision to Star Best Seller” post. Hey, the WordPress is become very cool by now therefore it tempted me to write few lines.

To leave you something nice I just put following lines that I liked during past few days:

دکتر علی شریعتی

در نهان به آنانی دل می بندیم که دوستمان ندارند و در آشکار از آنانی که دوستمان دارند غافلیم، شاید این است دلیل تنهایی مان

دکتر علی شریعتی

From learning comes Education with training becomes knowledge add experience and multiply by time = Wisdom

درد عشق مجنون……….

اي كه گفتي هيچ مشكل چون فراق يار نيست

گر اميد وصل باشدهمچنان دشوار نيست

خلق را بيدار بايد بود از آب چشم من

وين عجب كان وقت مي گريم كه كس بيدار نيست

نوك مژگانم به سرخي بر بياض روي زرد

قصّه ي دل مي نويسد, حاجت گفتار نيست

اي نسيم صبح اگر باز اتّفاقي افتدت

آفرين گويي بر آن حضرت كه ما را بار نيست

بارها روي از پريشاني به ديوار آورم

ور غم دل با كسي گويم به از ديوار نيست

ما زبان اندر كشيديم و حديث خلق و روي

گر حديثي هست با يارست با اغيار نيست

قادري بر هر چه مي خواهي مگر آزار من

زانكه گر شمشير بر فرقم نهي آزار نيست

احتمال نيش كردن واجب است از بهر نوش

حمل كوه بيستون بر ياد شيرين بار نيست

دوستان گويند سعدي خيمه بر گلزار زن

من گلي را دوست مي دارم كه در گلزار نيست

Hi, It is been a long time since I updated the board. Well, I have had a lot of posts that are not  published. Last month I was reviewing them so that publish them but all were out-dated! Hence, I thought it might be good to not publish them (Some thoughts better to be unspoken-> too filmi!!! lol lol lol lol but film dialoges also come from our daily rountine lives.)

Nevertheless, Now I think it is a good time to start publishing again so that next year same time I don’t have any execuse for not publishing.

This year was very tough, I experienced a lot of things thus I learnt a lot things too. Time changes too fast. I changed two jobs, met a lot of people. Reviewed a lot of relations. I am happier now. Though I lost a lot of things but at the same time I gained a lot of things. I came to know many people and read more books. In future posts I will write about many of these. At this moment I just wish that I have enough courage to continue; Continue writing and continue living.

Hi,

Some people say “Don’t look at history since it is passed” but I personally believe that we must not forget the history and try to learn the mistakes we have done.

I believe that, there is solution for each and every problem in the world in holy book “Quran”. If we talk mathematically, if population of earth at any given time T is M and each of those M people has N problems at same given time T. Then total problems on the earth in any given time T is, P = M x N x T.
Thus if we have P (M x N x T) problems in the earth there must be P solutions in Quran at same given time T. But there are few questions, What is the way to reach to those solutions? Who can get that capability and how? Well, answer of all these questions is with Almighty and He gives this to anyone He wants. All we can do is to believe in Him and ask Him to help us.
But He is too kind. He has placed foot-prints in His book for us to follow. Have you noticed that there are a lot of blessings (DUA’s) in Quran and each blessing (DUA) is related to a specific situation in our life? If we try to find relation between verses in Quran, then we can act like what prophets had done in same situations so we can follow their foot-prints.
Hey, I am not a priest. I think I am talking bigger than my mouth. This is Only to remind myself!!!

I also believe:
Ask for something at least Three times, If you don’t get it, you have to leave it. (Tested)
If you do something for 40 days, you are able to continue it for a life-time. (Tested)
If you have a wish, start reciting Quran from start to end. You will get is before reaching to end (Tested).

One very beautiful quote I saw in a forum was “Experience makes us to not repeat the mistakes we have done”.

Last week I had a flash back to Sudoku solver project that I did when I was free and looking for job in Dubai. Human mind is made to focus on abstract Ideas, but computers are more interested in very discrete and step-by-step algorithms. That is why we use computers to solve our problems. We spent sometime to develop an algorithm to solve problems but instinctively we cannot follow follow our own algorithms, here come computers to follow them. Anyhow the result of this flash back is that:
1) Time passes too fast.
2) It is better to keep my personal projects in hand so when I need them I can find them easily.

Hi,

Last night I watched songs of movie Kasoor. Songs are really nice. Well, it is one of the two common factors in all movies of Bhatt camp. Good songs and different/Fresh story.
Frankly speaking, I love their business model because

• They never use super/mega stars in their movies.
• Instead, they try to use new talents in their movies (who are cheaper than well-known people in Bollywood), most probably because they are fresh and cheap.
• They have a fresh story for most of their movies(whereas in most cases they are inspired by Hollywood movies) and VERY NICE SONGS to attract audience. I think this is their biggest plus point.
• They invest in people rather than movies. If you note you will see, after that their movie is not successful in box-office they don’t throw actor/director out of camp but they try to use same combination to make a better thing next time.

But I hate the fact that

• Under cover of new stories, they make a lot of wrong concepts popular.
• In the name of friendship with Pakistan, they induce their own perceptions about this friendship in people’s mind.

I believe that Media is there to ask questions that we hesitate to ask in public, entertain us and reflect hidden facts in our society/nature. I don’t like movies that tell me what I should do in my life. I don’t like to be considered among bulk of stupid audience who needs guidance in every step of their life.

Well, this was just an idea that came to my mind last night. I hope I can watch better songs tonight.

Hi,

I was away for few days. I did not have enough time to write and since last week I am struggling with pain in my neck and tooth. Fortunately I am feeling better now. Although I could not get time to write but I have done my homework (Perfect as usual ) and noted down all the points that I was going on to write.

Tonight, after a long time I managed to finish my sample project for to test SubSonic. Subsonic is an amazing project, I wish one day I could do something like that. I really don’t know how these people can think of such amazing ideas. It took two hours for me to finish a sample project and they are making it.

Last week, I was very lucky to be able to watch last episodes of Ballykissangel (BBC Prime Drama). I became sad by watching last two episodes of season three but it had worth of it. The story revolves around a young English Priest (Reel name: Peter Clifford) who comes to Ireland and becomes a part of community. Interesting part is that he falls in love with a girl whose reel name is Assumpta Fitzgerald. At last he can manage to tell her that he is in love with her and he wants to marry her But soon after that Assumpta dies because of electrical shock. Ending was very realistic but I wanted to see it the other way. Father left the country but his last sentence was very good.

His friend asked him: “Will you never come back here again?”. Father replied: “Never say Never!”.

Last night again I watched four movies in a row. We watched “Happening” in cinema and then after three more in my room. Happening was below average. Direction was perfect, pace of the film from the start to the end was very good but story was lacking strength. No logical reasoning for incidents and everything finished without logic. Ahh,,, Just waste of 30 Dhs. I think watching movies in Cinema is like a risk. The movie that you think is Good becomes Bad and vice versa.

The other three movies were good. I liked them, specially Bright Nights (شبهای روشن). Hero’s thinking in the movie reminds me of myself. Two lovely dialogs from movie.

Roya said:” Thank you for being there for me, God had sent you to help me”. Teacher replied: “No, I should thank you. God had sent you there so that I can realize I am a human still.” He continued: “God does all He wants in a row with single action. His decision affects many people’s life in a second. We are here to affect and get effected”.

Roya said:” I don’t like to be alone that is why I like number 11, since one couple standing together  can make it. ” Teacher replied:” I like to be alone because I cannot find anyone compatible to myself but I like number 11 too. A man standing on his feet can make 11 with his feet.”